Im so confused I need help

[rosal548 0]

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

[pushbrk 13,000]

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

Married is married. You are married until you secure a divorce. You must prove you are divorced (with a divorce decree) to file a fiance petition. Get going on the divorce before anything else.

[Urge To Race 2]

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

Married is married. You are married until you secure a divorce. You must prove you are divorced (with a divorce decree) to file a fiance petition. Get going on the divorce before anything else.

Right, if you married in the Philippines, you are considered married here too. The US recognizes the legal marriages of other nations. You will need to get that divorce as pushbrk says, you should start looking into the specifics of getting a decree in the Philippines.

[L_n_O 3]

maybe speak to an attorney

[sunandmoon 450]

here's some info:

Are there foreign divorces that are recognized under Philippine law?

Answer: As a rule, divorce is not recognized in the Philippines as a mode of dissolving marriage. In cases however where a Filipino citizen contracts a marriage with a foreigner, a divorce validly obtained thereafter in a foreign court by the foreigner spouse, i.e. the foreigner spouse initiated the divorce proceedings, such a divorce will be recognized under Philippine law (Article 26, paragraph (2), of the Family Code). The foreign divorce will have the effect of capacitating either the foreigner spouse or the Filipino spouse to remarry under Philippine law.

[rosal548 0]

so here is my question, if I get a divorce here will I still have to go to the Philippines to file it with the NSO ? or is it automaitcally dissolved after filing it here ?

[Dan J 277]

Your question is getting into issues with Philippines law. You are likely going to have to find an attorney who is familiar with Philippines law can help you. You may be able to file a divorce in the US, but its up to Philippines law to recognize it.

[ramos96 1]

Juicy stuff man, keep us all posted.

I wish you the best of luck. I'd agree with the rest of the gang get a divorce.

If I were you this is what I would do:

A. File your divorce petition like you are supposed to.

B. Get your divorce petition printed in the Philipines where ever your soon to be ex-wife is from and or where ever you got married the reason for this is you publicly tried to announce it to her, if she didnt read its NOT your problem, you now have proof you were actively trying to notify her. A divorce judge will probably easily grant you a divorce on the grounds of abondonement.

C. Make damb sure you get a copy of that newspaper.

D. Make sure you got evidence showing you tried to support her while she was with you and so on to show the judge this will make your life and the process alot easier, once you have all and get your divorce decree don't look back, the rest is on her and enjoy your new life.

Sincerely,

Ramos

[rosal548 0]

would this be an uncontested divorce since there is no way of finding her for a signature ? how would this work on the decree since it wont have her signature ?

[ramos96 1]

Here is what you need to go read.

2311. Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are

determined by the court to be substantial reasons for not continuing

the marriage and which make it appear that the marriage should be

dissolved.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displayc...;file=2310-2313

Main url is:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawque...dy=&hits=20

Sincerely,

Ramos

[alexandra8886 0]

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

hi rosal548,

im speaking in behalf of my USC fiance. you have two has almost the same situation before.

anyway, he got married before in the phils..things didnt work out well so he asked for a divorce.

This is what he did...

- Filed for a Divorce.

> he saw this legal office in Las Vegas, who provides service of Self-Divorce. Since you're former partner was nowhere to find..then this is the best thing that you can do. You just need a signature, from somebody in the phils to sign in the divorce paper - that your former partner is nowhere to find.

it took us 3 months to wait for the divorce result.

- Once you got the divorced paper, you can now apply for the K1 application for your new girlfriend. Just keep in mind, that you must personally meet your new GF prior to this application, so you wouldnt have a problem in the near future with this application.

Dont forget to attached a copy of your divorced paper in form 1-129F.

Now, if you are worrying about the Phils NSO Records. You just need to submit a copy of divorced paper to NSO to clear your name - actually, this matter most on your former partner..since shes the one who is a filipino citizen. you can do this step even after you accomplish the divorced paper or even the fiance visa application..

my fiance, up to now havent submitted yet a copy of his divorced paper to NSO. we're planning to do that by next month..since both of us will be in the phils.

i hope this enlighten you..

best regards,

alexandra

[alexandra8886 0]

so here is my question, if I get a divorce here will I still have to go to the Philippines to file it with the NSO ? or is it automaitcally dissolved after filing it here ?

you need to submit divorced copy to NSO for the marriage to be dissolved..if you dont want to do it by yourself..you can hire a filipino atty to do it for you.

for us, we didnt hire an atty for this..my fiance just accomplished his divorce & he will forward it himself to NSO next month..cheaper for us

we're just lucky we have lawyer friends whom we were able to have legal advice for free..

but if you feel that you need a legal help for this. i can refer you to some of my lawyer friends.. whom i assures you will not give you high charges for this.

would this be an uncontested divorce since there is no way of finding her for a signature ? how would this work on the decree since it wont have her signature ?

there's some legal offices there in US..who offers SELF DIVORCED PROGRAM...mostly are in Las Vegas

[yassmine2878 1]

Yup, if you're legally married there, you're legally married here. You need the divorce decree before you can file the K-1 petition. If you are having difficulty getting a divorce, I would say its time to bring in a lawyer so you can get on with your goals. Best of luck!

[rosal548 0]

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

hi rosal548,

im speaking in behalf of my USC fiance. you have two has almost the same situation before.

anyway, he got married before in the phils..things didnt work out well so he asked for a divorce.

This is what he did...

- Filed for a Divorce.

> he saw this legal office in Las Vegas, who provides service of Self-Divorce. Since you're former partner was nowhere to find..then this is the best thing that you can do. You just need a signature, from somebody in the phils to sign in the divorce paper - that your former partner is nowhere to find.

it took us 3 months to wait for the divorce result.

- Once you got the divorced paper, you can now apply for the K1 application for your new girlfriend. Just keep in mind, that you must personally meet your new GF prior to this application, so you wouldnt have a problem in the near future with this application.

Dont forget to attached a copy of your divorced paper in form 1-129F.

Now, if you are worrying about the Phils NSO Records. You just need to submit a copy of divorced paper to NSO to clear your name - actually, this matter most on your former partner..since shes the one who is a filipino citizen. you can do this step even after you accomplish the divorced paper or even the fiance visa application..

my fiance, up to now havent submitted yet a copy of his divorced paper to NSO. we're planning to do that by next month..since both of us will be in the phils.

i hope this enlighten you..

best regards,

alexandra

Please ! I would greatly appreciate it if you forward me the info for your friends.

[Yodrak 7]

rosal,

Somehow this story doesn't seem to be consistent with your post of 2 weeks ago, when you wanted to patch things up with a wife with whom you'd fought over converting to her religion?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry982517

Who's who and what's what?

Yodrak

Back in Oct of 2003 I got married in the Philippines, after a few months my wife took off on me and was nowhere to be found, she disappeared from the face of the Earth due to the reason that I didn't want to convert to her religion of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). Recently I was there and found the right person for me, I would like to bring her here. What do I do ? Since I got married in the Philippines does that mean I am legally married here in the States as well ? if not can I just file a fiance petition without a divorce decree ? or am I going to still need a divorce decree ? how would I go about doing this since the wife is nowhere to be found ? If I was asked I feel as if im still single.

I am lost and dont know what exactly what to do. Please help me.

thanks

ramos,

Why are you citing California family law to a person who appears to be in Nevada?

Yodrak

Here is what you need to go read.

2311. Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are

determined by the court to be substantial reasons for not continuing

the marriage and which make it appear that the marriage should be

dissolved.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displayc...;file=2310-2313

Main url is:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawque...dy=&hits=20

Sincerely,

Ramos

Edited June 27, 2007 by Yodrak